Top 8 Feature Match: Hon. Nathaniel Jadotte vs. Macro Adam Moshinsky

June 19th, 2011

Nathaniel Jadotte is one of several Six Samurai Duelists that made the Top 32, but Adam Moshinsky is the only Macro Cosmos Duelist to make the playoffs. We haven’t seen a Macro Cosmos Deck make the Top 32 of a YCS tournament in years! It’s a great fit for this tournament though, banishing key cards like Glow-Up Bulb, Dandylion, Spore, Gravekeeper’sRecruiter, and XX-Saber Darksoul.

Moshinsky started the Match with a hand of CyberValley, Macro Cosmos, Pot of Duality, D.D. Survivor, Reinforcement of the Army, and RebornTengu. He used Reinforcement to get Rose, Warrior of Revenge from his Deck, then activated Duality to reveal SolemnWarning and 2 Macro Cosmos from the top of his Deck. He took Warning. He Summoned D.D. Survivor and Set Warning and MacroCosmos.

Jadotte Set 2 cards to his back row. He ended his turn, and Moshinsky flipped MacroCosmos.

Moshinsky drew another Pot of Duality, and attacked with Survivor for 1800 Battle Damage. He Summoned CyberValley in Main Phase 2, then banished it and the Survivor to draw 2 cards with Valley’s effect: DimensionalPrison and his third Pot of Duality. He Set 2 cards to his back row and Special Summoned D.D. Survivor in the End Phase.

Jadotte Set a third Spell or Trap.

Moshinsky drew SolemnJudgment and Summoned RebornTengu! He attacked for a combined total of 3500 Battle Damage with Survivor and Tengu, then activated PotofDuality in Main Phase 2, revealing DimensionalFissure, MysticalSpaceTyphoon, and another CyberValley. He added the Typhoon to his hand, shuffling the rest back. He activated MysticalSpaceTyphoon to destroy his opponent’s Double-Edged SwordTechnique, then Set SolemnJudgment.

Jadotte Set a monster, then Set a Spell or Trap.

Moshinsky drew CyberValley and Summoned Rose, Warrior of Revenge. He Tuned it to RebornTengu to Synchro Summon ScrapDragon, then Special Summoned his second Tengu from his Deck. Moshinsky activated ScrapDragon’s effect, targeting his own face-down Pot of Duality and a Set card in his opponent’s Spell and Trap Card Zone. Jadotte tried to Chain FiendishChain to target ScrapDragon, but Moshinsky responded with SolemnJudgment to force his effect through. Jadotte imediately conceded, scooping up his field.

Nathaniel Jadotte’s draws just don’t seem to come together, while Adam Moshinsky hits the ground running with D.D. Survivor, MacroCosmos, and combos to take advantage of both. Jadotte would open the second Duel.

He did so with Shien’sDojo, Normal Summoning LegendarySix Samurai – Kageki to Special Summon Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan. He used Dojo to Special Summmon Kagemusha of the Six Samurai from his Deck. He Tuned Kagemusha to Kageki to Synchro Summon Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En, then Set 1 card to his back row.

Moshinsky had a hand of Return from the Different Dimension, MirrorForce, DimensionalFissure, Neo-Spacian Grand Mole, D.D. Survivor, and MacroCosmos. He activated DimensionalFissure, and Jadotte negated the activation with Shi En’s effect. Moshinsky Summoned Grand Mole, but when he tried to attack Shi En, Jadotte blasted the Mole with MirrorForce. Moshinsky Set 3 cards to his Spell and Trap Card Zone.

Jadotte drew for his turn, and Moshinsky flipped MacroCosmos. Jadotte destroyed it with MysticalSpaceTyphoon. He Normal Summoned Kageki, and attacked with Kageki, Kizan, and Shi En.

Moshinsky drew PotofDuality and activated it, revealing SolemnWarning, DarkHole, and KineticSoldier, adding the latter to his hand. He Summoned the Soldier and ran it at Kageki, destroying it to dish out 1650 Battle Damage.

Jadotte activated MysticalSpaceTyphoon next turn to destroy Moshinsky’s Set MirrorForce, and Tributed Kizan to Summon CyberDragon! Moshinsky immediately conceded the second Duel.

Shien’s Dojo leads to a first-turn Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En for Nathaniel Jadotte, giving him total control over the second Duel. The pressure was on. in mere minutes, one of these Duelists would move onto the Top 4 to play for a shot at a set of the Darklord prize cards. But the other would be out of the tournament.

Moshinsky opened with MacroCosmos, KineticSoldier, D.D. Survivor, PuppetPlant, DarkHole, and Rose, Warrior of Revenge. He Set Cosmos and Summoned Survivor.

Jadotte activated Shien’sDojo. He Normal Summoned Legendary Six Samurai – Kageki, and used its effect to Special Summon Kagemusha of the Six Samurai. Moshinsky responded with MacroCosmos, getting it activated before Legendary Six Samurai – Shi En could negate it. Jadotte Special Summoned Legendary Six Samurai – Kizan and Tuned everything together for Trishula, Dragon of the Ice Barrier! its effect banished Moshinsky’s MacroCosmos from the field and his DarkHole from his hand! Trishula attacked to destroy Survivor. Jadotte Set a back row card.

Moshinsky drew another PuppetPlant and Set a monster.

Jadotte activated Shien’s SmokeSignal to search his deck for another Kageki, then Normal Summoned it to Special Summon Spirit of the Six Samurai. He had 4 Bushido Counters total on Shien’sDojo now. Jadotte attacked with Trishula to destroy Moshinsky’s Set PuppetPlant, then made direct attacks with Spirit and Kageki to drop Moshinsky to 4900 Life Points. In Main Phase 2, Jadotte used the Dojo to Special Summon Kagemusha. He Tuned it to Spirit to Synchro Summon NaturiaBeast.

Moshinsky drew DimensionalFissure and activated PuppetPlant’s effect, taking Kageki. He Summoned Rose, Tuned her to Kageki, and went for BlackRoseDragon, destroying everything on the field! Suddenly Jadotte had no cards left – his back row card had been DustTornado. Moshinsky activated DimensionalFissure.